Youths' strategies for HIV status disclosure in rural Kenya and Uganda: “You can't just trust everyone”
Encouraging not only HIV status but <i>treatment disclosure</i> may facilitate support for ART adherence. Tailoring disclosure strategies to particular target-confidant types may help youth disclose more easily and validate their social values and chosen ties while supporting successful care engagement.
Authors
- Florence Mwangwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9467-0950)
- Jane Kabami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0265-3174)
- Fredrick Atwine
- Jason Johnson‐Peretz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9561-6366)
- Marilyn Nyabuti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9860-136X)
- Theodore Ruel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1105-9126)
- Cecilia Akatukwasa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1157-9797)
- Carol S. Camlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5615-1164)
- Diane V. Havlir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0761-3136)
- James Ayieko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0324-4006)
- Anjeline Onyango
- Lawrence Owino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3817-4386)
- Moses Robert Kamya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9106-4234)
- Janice Litunya
- Titus O. Arunga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3921-9280)
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (UG)
- Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KE)
- Ibis Reproductive Health (US)
- Makerere University (UG)
- Great Lakes University of Kisumu (KE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2025.100650
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00